newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington, and we begin this hour with a developing situation in russia near the ukrainian border. the russian defense ministry says 11 people are dead and another 15 are injured after two men or two gunmen, i should say, opened fire on russian military recruits during a training session. russia says the two men were from former soviet states that russian state news agency is reporting the incident occurred during a shooting training session with volunteers preparing for a special operation when the unit was attacked with small arms fire. details are still coming in to cnn at this hour. we ll update you as we get more of that information as it s coming in, but we ll bring that to you just as soon as that story develops. in the meantime, the shooting happened as the violence inside ukraine is once against escalating violently. in just the past week, russia launched hundreds of missile strikes, including yesterday and today in zaporizhzhia. they
probe into january 6th is tying the various strings of evidence about what happened that day into a narrative about a coordinated assault on our democracy. after dual hearings this week, by the house select committee investigating the insurrection, we continue to learn more about the shocking efforts of private minute trump supporters to undermine the 2020 election results. under increasing scrutiny is conservative activist ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who has signaled that she will testify before the house select committee investigating january 6th. after the committee revealed, it had obtained text messages from that day, between mrs. thomas and former trump lawyer john eastman. who himself is now at the center of the investigation. as further details emerged this week of just how hard he leaned on vice president mike pence to resist certifying the 2020 election, exhausting every option to keep trump in power while requesting a presidential p
safety? we will make sure they re safe getting back to where they need to be. we will have time as we set up this operation and move forward with this democratic process, and we will address accordingly. but obviously, the capitol is in no condition to go back to. just incredible. more behind-the-scenes footage was released this week during a hearing by the house select committee investigating the insurrection. the panel also voted to subpoena former president donald trump. they want him to answer for his words and actions and inactions that led up to the insurrection. trump has now responded to that promised subpoena, but he is not saying if he will comply with the demand for documents and testimony. instead, he made sure to mention the record-breaking crowd on january 6th, if that s something to brag about, and doubled down on fraudulent claims about the 2020 election. with me now is former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, cnn senior legal analyst el
probe into january 6th is tying the various strings of evidence about what happened that day into a narrative about a coordinated assault on our democracy. after dual hearings this week, by the house select committee investigating the insurrection, we continue to learn more about the shocking efforts of private minute trump supporters to undermine the 2020 election results. under increasing scrutiny is conservative activist ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who has signaled that she will testify before the house select committee investigating january 6th. after the committee revealed, it had obtained text messages from that day, between mrs. thomas and former trump lawyer
6th committee looking into it. so there mitt romney obviously has minced no words about it. mitch mcconnell at one point had minced no words about it. there are people who see it clear eyed but you re right. it s taken over too many people, too many republicans. absolutely. yeah. how to how to get through to those people is i mean, that s hard because i think it s i hope it s okay to say that when you see ashli babbitt and you learn about her background. and you there is you have to have some sympathy for some of the people and what got them to that point. they were lied to. lied to. yeah. they are being lied to now about vaccines, about the election, about so many things. and until leaders truly stand up and put country over politics, our we are in a very dangerous situation. i just want to note, amanda, the house select committee investigating the insurrection has now sent letters to 15 social media companies requesting data on the rioters and and regarding